The exactly solvable Kitaev model on the honeycomb lattice has recently received
enormous attention linked to the hope of achieving novel spin-liquid states with …

A Majorana fermion is a fermionic particle that is its own antiparticle. Since the theoretical
discovery by Ettore Majorana in 1937, the exotic particle has long been searched in particle …

In transition-metal compounds with partially filled 4 d and 5 d shells spin–orbit
entanglement, electronic correlations, and crystal-field effects conspire to give rise to a …

The Kitaev spin liquid provides a rare example of well-established quantum spin liquids in
more than one dimension. It is obtained as the exact ground state of the Kitaev spin model …

Mott insulators with strong spin-orbit coupling have been proposed to host unconventional
magnetic states, including the Kitaev quantum spin liquid. The 4 d system α-RuCl 3 has …

In transition-metal compounds with partially filled $4 d $ and $5 d $ shells spin-orbit
entanglement, electronic correlations, and crystal-field effects conspire to give rise to a …

The physics of spin-orbital entanglement in effective j= 1 2 Mott insulators, which have been
experimentally observed for various 5 d transition-metal oxides, has sparked an interest in …

Recent experiments reveal that the honeycomb ruthenium trichloride α-RuC l 3 is a prime
candidate of the Kitaev quantum spin liquid (QSL). However, there is no theoretical model …

The Kitaev model, whose ground state is a quantum spin liquid (QSL), was originally
conceived for spin S= 1/2 moments on a honeycomb lattice. In recent years, the model has …

Competing spin-orbit coupling, electron correlation, and structural distortion are crucial
factors influencing the physics of oxides, including iridates. We investigate ultrathin …